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Synopsis: Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum), a brilliant but eccentric scientist attempts to woo investigative journalist Veronica Quaife (Geena Davis) by offering her a scoop on his latest research in the field of matter transportation, which against all the expectations of the scientific establishment have proved successful. Up to a point. Brundle thinks he has ironed out the last problem when he successfully transports a living creature, but when he attempts to teleport himself a fly enters one of the transmission booths, and Brundle finds he is a changed man. This Science-Gone-Mad film is the source of the quotable quote "Be afraid. Be very afraid."
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Director(s): David Cronenberg
Production: Fox
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 11 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
79
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
R
Year:
1986
96 min
2,899 Views


Take a hike, a**hole.

Here.

Here's my hundred.

I get to take her home if I win.

Says who?

Do I look like a hooker?

Tawny, it's an easy hundred.

Let's get it over with.

- Watch out. He eats chocolate bars.

- So I noticed.

Are you a bodybuilder?

I build bodies. I take them

apart and put them back together.

Well, you sure took Marky apart.

- Let's go to my place.

- Your place?

Well, okay.

I live with my mother anyway.

But could we go

to a few more bars first?

- It's too early to quit.

- Sure, a few more bars.

Great place.

There's no elevator.

- I can't make it.

- There's an elevator.

There, don't you feel elevated?

Whoa.

Wow.

Are you a magician?

Yes.

So, are we going to breakfast or not?

It's your turn.

- To do what?

- To go through.

No. I don't want to try that.

It'll make you feel sexy.

I already feel sexy.

How about...

...a nice...

-...alcohol rub?

- Don't do that! It hurts.

Sorry, hon.

I didn't know you had

the skin of a princess.

- You're sensitive.

- Okay!

That's it. You're going to like it.

- I don't want to. I'm afraid.

- Don't be afraid.

No.

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Who's this?

Oh, I live with my mother too.

Mom, meet Tawny.

I gotta go.

Thanks for a wonderful time.

Why'd you scare her off? Jealous?

You're changing.

Everything about you is changing.

You look bad.

You smell bad.

I've never bathed much.

Those weird hairs that grew out

of your back, I took them to a lab.

I had them analyzed.

The hairs?

The hairs?

Oh, yeah.

That's a strange thing to do.

Not as strange as the results.

The guy had trouble identifying them.

He finally concluded that they

were definitely not human.

- Very good.

- Not human, Seth.

In fact, very likely insect hairs.

That's ridiculous.

Look.

There's more. Look at your face.

Something happened.

You need help. You must be sick.

You're jealous!

I've become free

and you can't stand it.

You'll do anything to bring me down.

Does this look like a sick man to you?

No, stop it!

Can a sick man do that?

The deal is off.

I don't need you anymore.

Seth, please, wait. Seth!

Don't come back.

Oh, God....

Oh, no.

What's happening to me? Am I dying?

Is this how it starts? Am I dying?

Brundle, Seth.

Give me a disc.

I need the first

teleportation:
S. Brundle.

Run sequence.

Hello.

Seth.

Seth, I've been trying to reach you.

Where are you?

I've been afraid to see you.

Now I'm afraid not to.

Are you at home?

You don 't know how right you were.

I've gotten...

...much, much worse.

Please come see me.

Please come now.

Seth?

I'm here.

Stop!

Seth!

You were right.

I'm diseased...

...and it might be contagious somehow.

I wouldn't want to infect you.

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Charles Edward Pogue

Charles Edward Pogue Jr. (born January 18, 1950) is an American screenwriter, playwright and stage actor. He is best known for writing the screenplays of The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983), Psycho III (1986), The Fly (1986) and Dragonheart (1996). more…

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